The row index is an index of the columns stored in a particular row: it is only written when a row gets larger than column_index_size_in_kb (see your config file). The sstable index is currently an index of the keys stored in an sstable, but #2319 proposes to merge the sstable and row indexes.
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:15 PM, mcasandra <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > What's the difference between a row index and sstable index? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Columns-values-integer-need-frequent-updates-increments-tp6251464p6259882.html > Sent from the cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. >
